Agenda

The Chairman / Monitoring Officer will invite nominations for the election of a Chairman for the ensuing year. A Chairman will then be elected and sign the declaration of acceptance of office.

The Chairman will invite nominations for the election of a Vice-Chairman.

To sign as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 26 February 2026 (copy enclosed).

(Where a Councillor has a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest the Councillor must declare the interest to the meeting and leave the room without participating in any discussion or making a statement on the item, except where a Councillor is permitted to remain as a result of a grant of dispensation.)

To note Portfolio Holder updates on work being undertaken within each of their Portfolios (report of the Leader enclosed).

To receive the minutes of the following Committees and Panels:-

a)    Policy Development Panel – 3 February 2026

b)    Special Policy Development Panel – 9 February 2026

c)    Performance Monitoring Panel – 10 March 2026

d)    Planning Committee – 11 March 2026

e)    Governance and Audit Committee – 19 March 2026

To consider the recommendations of the Cabinet in respect of:

·         Pride in Place Programme Delivery

(report of the Cabinet enclosed).

To provide a Partnership performance update and MOA review (report of the Service Director – Corporate Services enclosed).

To present the draft recommendations of the Community Governance Review (CGR) Working Group following the Stage 1 consultation and seek approval to publish these for Phase 2 consultation (report of the Assistant Director – Governance (Monitoring Officer) enclosed).

a) To establish, allocate seats and appoint members to the Council’s Committees and Panels for 2026/27

b) To receive nominations and appoint to any vacancies on outside bodies

c) To approve the 2026/27 Schedule of Meetings 

d) To reappoint members of the Independent Remuneration Panel until May 2028

(Report of the Service Director – Legal & Governance (Monitoring Officer) enclosed).

Appendix 1 to follow.

To receive, from political groups, nominations for any changes to Committees and other seats and to consider any proposed changes to the Constitution.

To provide South Holland District Council with an update following the latest meeting of the Health Scrutiny for Lincolnshire Committee (report of Councillor Glynis Scalese enclosed).